''Pseudamycus'' is a spider

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of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The monotypic genus ''

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'' is thought to be closely related.

Appearance

These jumping spiders are light or colorful, sometimes iridescent. The cephalothorax is high, with steep sides of the thorax. The eyes protrude from the head, located within an orange-brown eye field. The rest of the carapace is greyish-orange, the abdomen light grey-brown with dots and light and dark streaks on the sides. The first pair of legs are dark brown with yellow tarsi, the other three pairs are reddish yellow and spiny.Salticidae.org
Genus ''Pseudamycus''

Habits

They live on shrubs and other, mostly broad leaved plants, for example

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Distribution

The ten species are found in Southeast Asia, from India to

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( New Guinea).

Name

The genus is combined of Greek ''pseudo'' "false" and the salticid genus name '' Amycus''.

Species

* ''

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'' (Hasselt, 1882) – Malaysia to Java * '' Pseudamycus amabilis''

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, 1907 – Borneo * '' Pseudamycus bhutani'' Zabka, 1990 – Bhutan * '' Pseudamycus canescens'' Simon, 1899 –

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* '' Pseudamycus evarchanus'' Strand, 1915 –

* '' Pseudamycus flavopubescens'' Simon, 1899 –

* '' Pseudamycus hasselti'' Zabka, 1985 – Vietnam * '' Pseudamycus himalaya'' ( Tikader, 1967) – India * '' Pseudamycus sylvestris'' Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo * '' Pseudamycus validus'' ( Thorell, 1877) –

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Footnotes

References

* Platnick, N. I. (2007)
The world spider catalog
version 7.5. ''American Museum of Natural History''. Salticidae Spiders of Asia Salticidae genera {{salticidae-stub